>>90638302If anything it's Hololive and Nijisanji destroying high corporate vtubing and thus themselves. All of this can theoretically be a good thing for vtubing as a genuine scene and culture. This entire situation (and the Nijisanji stuff before it) is essentially a very crude display of incomprehensible decisions made by huge corporations and shows that they're very out of touch with their audiences and fans. Sure, some of these things may fly in Japan because they worship corporations even more than the Americans but their moves are and will limit their reach only to Japan. In this case Hololive fails to understand that the actual real modern audience wants authenticity and a personal touch. The scuff, the grittiness of a chuubas life and a dash of keyfabe and idealism coupled with no small amount of parasocial delusions. True, what is demanded is no small feat - a chuuba that balances between being real and being fictional (so to speak) but that's what truly works. We like to see glimpses of reality and in equal measure our own ideals reflected in the talents.
Hololive just went full tard and is emulating the Korean way of doing things which I find very offputting. So no, vtubing isn't dying, it's simply that the living, beating heart of it is being transferred to indies and small corpos. Places and people that preserve the amateur spirit, the direct chuuba-fan relationships and so on. I actually predicted and anticipated that something of this will happen so it's not surprising to me, what surprises me is how Hololive didn't realize what the audience wants. It became Disney/K-pop/Hollywood or however you want to phrase it. This is a Volkswagen situation, nothing more.
